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A. H, MORTON.

OONVBYBR POB. TRBATING COTTON STAPLE OR OTHER FIBER. NO.572',492..Patented Deo. 1, 1896.

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GONVBYER FOR TRBATING COTTON STAPLE 0R OTHER FIBER. No. 572,492.

Patented Deo. 1, 1896;

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. MORTON, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KITSONMACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CONVEYER FOR TREATING COTTON-STAP|SE OROTHER FIBER.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,492, datedDecember 1, 1896.

Application filed July 20, 1896. Serial No. 599,960. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MORTON, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Conveyers for Treating Cotton Staple or otherFiber, of which the following isa speciication.

My invention has relation to cotton openers and lappers, andparticularly to that class of machines of the kind mentioned in whichthe cotton is treated in one machine and then passed to another foranother operation.

It is the object of my invention to provide an improved conductorbetween an opener and a breakerdapper, or between like machines, whichshall act in accordance with what it is desired to effect upon thestock, the character and condition of the latter determining what thatoperation shall be.

To these ends my invention consists of the combination, with acotton-opener or analogous machine and a breaker-lapper or analogousmachine, of a conductor between the two machines, which conductor may beso controlled by a gate or gates or cut-o as to carry the stock operatedupon by the iirst machine directly to the second machine or carry itthrough a long course over a series of grids or screens from the firstto the second machine for freeing the stock from foreign substances, asoccasion may require, all as I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw ings, and to the lettersmarked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features, as the case may be, whereverthey occur.

Of the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 isa similar view of part thereof, a portion being shown in section. Fig. 3is a detail view hereinafter more fully referred to.

In the drawings, a designates what may be considered an opener, which isof usual construction and which may be fed or supplied by a feeder b,also of common construction.

c designates 4what may be termed a breakerlapper, which is also ofcommon form, arrangement, and operation, so as not to need detaileddescription herein. Between the opener a and the breaker-lapper c thereisa conductor so contrived that the stock may be conveyed from onemachine to another, as is common in the treatment of cotton.

In the treatment of staple which has considerable dirt or foreignsubstance mixed therewith, such as leaf, dust, the., it is desirablethat before being introduced to the breaker-lapper or second machine itshould be screened and cleaned from such foreign refuse. In operatingupon other staple which is comparatively free from dirt or foreignsubstance it is expedient that it should go directly from one machine tothe other and not be carried through a long conductor. It is the purposeof my invention to provide for L these two wants and to do the same in aperfect manner. To these ends I have provided a conductor d, whichextends directly Vfrom the opener a to the breaker-lapper c, so thatcomparatively clean staple or fiber which does not need to beparticularly screened may be carried directly from one machine to theother. I have also provided a conductor e, which extends from the openera to and fro to the breaker-lapper c over grids or screens of commonform in order to free it from dirt and other foreign substances whichmaybe contained therein.

To insure the proper conveyance of the fiber through the conductor d ore, I provide the said conductors with gates f and g, so as to close theopenings from the conductor c and permit of the staple being carriedonly through the conductor d, or-vice versa. In order to operate thesaid gates f and g, I have the same pivoted upon rods which are opelated by bell-crank levers connected by a pitlnan 7L, the bell-cranklevers being actuated by a rod 1l, which moves vertically in properbearings and is adapted to be set in any position to which it may bemoved by the Setscrew j, as is particularly shown in Fig. 3. It isobvious, however, that the gate g may be dispensed with and the courseof the fiber,

whether through the conductor d or e, from one machine to the other bedetermined entirely by the gate f.

In operation, supposing that comparatively clean cotton is beingoperated upon by the opener a, the rod t' would be moved' upwardly,

erating lthe gate or gates so as to close the opening through theconductor d and opening that through the conductor e and carry theriiber in the direction of the arrows, through the latter conductor, overgrids or screens, as may be desired, to the breaker-lappen In this Way Iam enabled to provide for the proper treatment of cotton of varyingconditions as to the amount of foreign matter contained therein.

It will, of course, be understood that instead of employing an opener orbreaker-lapper machines of different character or name may be usedWithout departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus explained the nature of theinventi'on and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though Without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that What is claimed isl. In a conveyerbetweenfiber-treating machines, the combination with a conduit or conveyerprovided with screens or grids for screening or cleaning the fiber, of asupple.-

mental conduit or conveyer between the two 1n achines, and connectedwith the said conduit or conveyor, so that the fiber may be transferredthrough either of said conduits or conveyers, and gates or doors forshutting either of said conduits or conveyers to the passage of fibertherethrough, whereby the fiber may be transferred and cleaned, or betransferred without being cleaned.

2. In a eonveyer between fiber-treating machines, the combination with aconduit or conveyer provided with screens or grids for screening orcleaning the fiber, of a supplemental conduit or conveyer between thetwo machines,and connected with the said conduit or conveyer, so thatthe ber may be transferred through either of said conduits or conveyers,gates or doors for shutting either of said conduits or conveyers to thepassage of fiber therethrough, whereby the fiber may be transferred andcleaned, or be transferred Without being cleaned, and a single devicefor controlling said gates or doors simultancously, and in unison. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of May, A. D. 1896.

ALBERT I'I. NORTON.

- lVitnesses:

ARTHUR XV. CRossLEv, C. C. STncHnR.

